Over three years ago, our friends at Good Clean Tech told us about a concept product that we drooled over and hoped would come to fruition. The Electree by French designer Vivien Muller finally gave us an attractive way to use solar power to charge our devices in an eye-catching design that any chic geek would love to have in their home. It looks like the wait is just about over. Muller is waiting to get 400 presale orders to begin production of the Electree.

The Electree is shaped like a bonsai tree but will require no crazy pruning and maintenance. The most you’ll have to do is dust off the solar panels from time to time. The tree has 27 solar panel “leaves” that charge the Electree’s 13,500mAH battery. You can also stash your devices under the Electree’s floor to keep things neat, tidy, and clutter-free. The branches and each module are also rotatable, which apparently allows you to create an “unlimited number of shapes.”

The Electree will take about 36 hours of sunshine to fully charge its battery. After that, you can start charging your mobile devices through the USB connection. It will charge a device to its full capacity in only a few hours.

The Electree was inspired by photosynthesis. Muller said he was inspired while observing trees as their leaves act as natural solar panels and further motivated by math in nature. He said that while studying fractals, he realized that he could draw a tree by “repeating and transforming a basic pattern.” The repeating pattern then became a module, and the shape of the Electree came about.

The bad news is that this attractive charging tree costs about $370, and that’s the “early bird” presale price. If the 400 initial orders are presold before October 15, they’ll be delivered to buyers before Christmas.

The video below is in French, but gives you a few more glances at the Electree.